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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1959
Page
1
The week ending January shows a 29 percent rise in broiler chick placements from the previous week, with 232000 moved out and 60000 received. State totals reach 30356000 hatchings nationwide, with West Virginia Washington Indiana and Delaware among the states reporting notable increases.
The U S Weather Bureau Lancaster reports a colder weekend with partly cloudy skies. From Monday to Wednesday milder temperatures are expected with a chance of rain and snow, and overall temperatures will run slightly above normal for the five day period.
Louis Moore extension economist will be principal speaker at the Producers' Livestock Co-op annual stockholders meeting. The 16th annual event begins at 1 p.m. in the Farm Bureau Auditorium and will include the election of five directors to the co-op board.
Lancaster County 4 H Council outlines plans for 1959 Junior Activities including parties in the American In Cooperation program. The feature promotes education in cooperative enterprise and farm cooperatives with 33 county youths and several FHA participants. Awards and tuition were given last year to youths under 21 for participation.
The Junior Chicken-of-Tomorrow program by the statewide poultrymen group invites 10 to 20 year olds resident in Pennsylvania to enter. Entries require 100 straight run chicks or 50 sexed cockerels hatched Feb 26 to Mar 3 1959, wingbanded, with 15 cockerels delivered May 2 for judging. State finals May 5 and sale May 6 at the Farm Show Building Harrisburg with prizes, plaques, and a $1 entry fee.
The 1959 allotment of 41.8 million lbs is based on 1954 58 acreage history. Ezra Taft Benson has proclaimed national quotas for tobacco. February 24 is the growers referendum date for Type 41 Pennsylvania seedleaf quotas for the next three crops. Lancaster County supplies 90 percent of U S output. A 75 percent penalty applies to production over farm allotment.
Skiles lists entry deadlines and eligibility for the February 21 gilt sale at Martin Sales Barn Blue Ball with 10 pure bred fall boars cap. Entries due February 10. animals must arrive by 10 30 a m sale day. Brucellosis tests health charts cholera vaccines and breeding proof required.
Lancaster County Extension Association will hold its annual dinner meeting February 12 at Hostetter's Banquet Hall Mt Joy starting 6 30 p m A business session will elect five members to the executive committee Reports from extension workers and a musical program with Ralph W Schlosser head of Elizabethtown College English Department as guest speaker Tickets may be reserved by February 7 from committee members or the Lancaster Extension office.
David G. Unger executive secretary of the Penna Soil Conservation Commission announced Stanley Hamilton of Millerton Tioga County has been named to chair a committee of district directors to push for a conservation research laboratory for the Northeastern United States.
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